The generation and evolution of lump solitary waves in surface-tension-dominated flows

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 731-750

  Berger, Kurt M ^a   Milewski, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary gravity waves; Flow over topography; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLITONS; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOND NUMBER; CAPILLARY-GRAVITY WAVES; SOLITARY WAVES;

WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034923110     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139999356971     Document Type: Article

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